A. The Indiana USGS office is located on
the northwest side of Indianapolis. The closest major intersection
is 71st Street and Interstate 465. We collect water-resources data
and conduct hydrologic investigations throughout the entire State
of Indiana. Our phone number is 317-290-3333. Our address is:
U.S. Geological Survey
5957 Lakeside Boulevard
Indianapolis, IN 46278-1996
Q. To whom does the USGS Indiana Office provide water-resources data?
A. We provide data to everybody, including home owners,
students, teachers, consultants, and people who work for local, county, state, and federal agencies. If we have
the water-resources data you are looking for, we'll be
glad to make the data available to you.
Q. Are you a regulatory agency?
A. No. The USGS conducts scientific studies, maintains certain
data bases, and carries out various types of analyses on the
data. Our goal is to provide the objective data that citizens and agencies require to make knowledgeable
decisions. The key term is "objective data."
Q. What kind of data do people obtain from the USGS?
A. The USGS maintains streamflow data (discharge and gage height)
for nearly 180 sites on Indiana streams and rivers. We also
maintain water-level data at about 80 lakes and over
90 ground-water observation wells. Therefore, much of the data we
provide to people are tables of daily mean discharges, peak
flow tables, tables of lake levels, and tables of ground-water
levels. We also provide water-quality data for various locations
in Indiana. In addition, the Indiana USGS has produced
hundreds of publications that report the findings of many
types of water-resources investigations, and the information
in those reports is made available. The scientists on staff
often help people who are looking for information
related to the geology of Indiana and the quality of selected
streams or aquifers.
Q. I'm a homeowner. Who should I contact to find out if my home is in a
flood plain?
A. To obtain a definitive answer to this question, call
the Indiana Department of Natural Resources (IDNR), Division
of Water (317-232-4164), and ask to speak with their flood plain group.
Q. I'm a student working on a class project. I need to find out the 10 highest peaks of record for the
East Fork White River at Shoals, Indiana. Who do I contact?
A. You can obtain the information you need by calling
Don Arvin (317-290-3333, ext. 139) in the Indiana USGS office.
If you wish, you can send email to Don Arvin by clicking here: email
Don Arvin ,and explain
the type of information you are wanting. Don handles most
of the office's requests for surface-water data.
Q. I'm interested in obtaining information about the
geology of the area near Delphi, Indiana, along the
Tippecanoe River. Who do I contact?
A. You can obtain this type of information from Kathleen Fowler
(317-290-3333, ext. 137) here in the Indiana USGS office. You can also send
email to Kathleen Fowler by clicking here:
email Kathleen Fowler . Kathleen handles most of the office's
geology-related questions and requests for ground-water information.
Q. I like to fish the White River. I heard that the USGS has
investigated the quality of the water in the White River. Who
should I contact to find out more about this?
A. Generally speaking, Cheryl Silcox (317-290-3333 ext 136 or
email Cheryl Silcox by clicking here: email Cheryl Silcox
) is the person in the Indiana USGS office who can provide you with any water-quality data we
have available. But in this situation, you might ask Cheryl to
direct you to speak with someone in the NAWQA (which stands
for the National Water-Quality Assessment Program) Section.
The White River Basin has been the subject of intense
investigation by the NAWQA folks, and they could provide you
with some fairly specific results of their studies.
Q. Where can I obtain U.S. Geological Survey maps?
A. The Indiana Department of Natural Resources Office of Map Sales
317-232-4180
402 West Washington Street
Indianapolis, IN
46204
Q. Where can I obtain copies of reports published by the U.S. Geological Survey?
Q. Where can I find USGS bench mark elevation information?
A. The USGS National Mapping Division in Rolla,
Missouri at 573-308-3500.
U.S. Department of the Interior
U.S. Geological Survey
5957 Lakeside Boulevard
Indianapolis, Indiana
46278-1996
USA
Phone: (317)290-3333
Fax: (317)290-3313
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